San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-09-22

The farmers say that corn Is turning out
lighter than VIVA expected.
''rhe OK knoweth his owner, and the ass
his masters crib, lisa. l. 8,
The ohangeful weather whispers Of the
presence Of tho autumnal equinox.
We are glad to notice that the Literary
and Scientific Circle Is going right along.
Soc notice.
We continue TO furnish the FREE PRnss
to preachers and preachors' widows at half
price-S1 a. year. II.
Single copies Of the FREE PREss may DO
had at the Office and at the San Marcos
Bookstore-5 cents each. IT,
No saloon or liquor sellers advertisement
il permitted to defle and poison the col
umns Of tho FREE Pass.
The cotton receipts at Lockhart up to
date have been about $50 bales. The crop
will be fully as large as that Of last year.
Who can tell the finale of the pursuit Of
the alleged Manchaca desperadoes, which
filed SO large a space in the newspapers
short time since.
We had fine rains last week, and now
the prospect is for more, which If II comes
will give us plenty of grass before winter
sets in. and may also cause late crop OF
cotton.
The promptness with which the Cresset,
alias the Giddy Gusher, alias the Barrel
Organ, answers to the latter name, Is the
best evidence of the superior fitness of the
appellation.
The w. @. T. U. meet next Tuesday at
the M. E. church at 4;30 p. m. All men,
bers are invited to be present and cordial
invitation is extended to all who are inter-
ested in this great cause to come out.
We wish to soy that we are disposed to DO
accommodating these hard times, and will
gladly take anything we may need as
family man," or that we can make "avail-
able" in payment of debts due this office,
or on new subscriptions. tt.
Thanks to the friends who have been re-
membering us .pecuniarily of late. AS we
have often before had occasion to remark,
no paper ever had better or truer friends
than the FREE PRESS. We shall never cease
to cherish their remembrance.
While the .violators of the Sunday and
viii ky laws ore being put through" even
in Galveston and Houston, would it not be
we'll to see to their more strict enforcement
in San Marcos Make offenders "walk the
chalk" Public sentiment is now such as to
sustain this course.
Remember that perhaps the most accept
able present you can make to friends resi-
dent abroad is copy of the SAN MARCOS
FREE PRESS. And persons about leaving
this place to sojourn elsewhere should not
fail to subscribe and thus be enabled TO
keep posted as to home happenings. If.
The house of August Startz between this
place and New Braunfels, was recently
burglarized. The thieves bound and gagged
the proprietor, and got away with large
amount of money at the point of their re-
volvers They have not yet been discov-
cred. All the Indications 60 to show that
they were professionals.
The board of trustees of our public
schools recently appointed committee to
report course of study, who reported
seven grades. which were adopted. After
completing said course pupils may be dele
gated to any high school with transfer of
funds. Chas Hutchings, DR.. De Steiger
and Judge Kone were the committee.
The cost of juries, etc., at the late term
of the district court, was 1857. A host OF
bailiffs received $15 each. The juries for
the second week got about $3.50. Total
some $780, ''That's tho way the money
goes" Yet the highly intelligent anti
prohibition voters voted down the amend
ment to our present fearful judicial system.
Tax payers should make note that the
time allowed for paying taxes has been
changed from the LIST of March to the last
day of December. Take notice, and save
up money with which to pay your taxes
This amounts to paying two taxes in one
season. Considering the sort of season it
is, it must be confessed that this is rather
rough on the taxpayers.
CORRECTION. letter from Edinburgh,
Mo-. informs us of an error in the obituary |
notice of the venerable Aunt Nelly Harvey,
aged nearly 81 years, in the FREE Press of
Aug. 18th. Her name was Eleanor instead
of Ellen. as there stated. And we learn
that the age of the only remaining
member of the family, Mrs. Sarah Com
mons, of Indiana, is 90.
MARR1Ep.-At the residence of the brides
father in San Marcos, Mr.. w. 81. GARsDEN
and Miss CECILIA EzELL, on the 14th inst,
Elder j. ]. Williamson officiating. No
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